Plow or cultivator.



No. 843,393. PATENTBD FEB. 5, 1907.

W. T. GEORGE.

PLOW 0R GULTIVATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED 00116, 1906.

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No. 843,393. PATENTBD FEB. 5, 1907.

' W. T. GEORGE.

PLOW OR CULTIVATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T.16, 1906.

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Viii'INII'TII )STATES PATENT @RETE/E.

IIALF TO JAMES A. MOORES, OE FAYE"IEVIIJLE, TENNESSEE.

PLOW OR CULTiVATOFi.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907'.

Application filed October' 16, 1906A Serial No. 339.154.

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Be .it known that I, WiLLLxM T. Gnonon, a

citizen ci the United Staies, and a resident i/i E vetteville, in thecounty ci Linccln and. State ci Tennessee, have invented a new andImprc-ved Plow or Culiivatcr, oi which the following is a full, clear,and exact descriptlill.

This invention relates to agricultural iinplements, and especially toplows or culiivat/ers.

The object ci the inventini is to predire a plow cr cuii'ivatcr theshovels ci which may be quiclil*vl justed so as to change their relativeposni .More speciiicaliy, the object ci the invention is to enable thedistance beiween the shovels ci the culiivctcr cr piow to be adjusied inc, iin-nsverse dir Kilian with respect to the dir i ion ci '.tilvaanxeoi' the implement, and, further, to provide an .nrruie'eineni' whichwill enable the degree rit .tdvnmee .ri' certain shovels with respect tothe others to be adjusted.

The inventif/n ccnsists in the constructizn and combination of paris tobe incre 'iuiiy described hereinafter and )arti-:ultrly se t forth inthe claims,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawingsr1 ici-mine' a partci' ihis speciiien.- tion, in which similar char ciers ci' reiereneeimiicate ec-rrespon(iincT paris in all 'ihe iig'- ures.

Figure 1 is e. side elevation ci the preferred form ci the plow crcultivator, .t periifn oi' the pole er tone-ue being` broken away. Fir.2 is plan ci the implement shown. in Eig'. 1. Fic'. 3 is a rearelevation ci .t part ci the implement and illustrating' the constructionci the parts or exile-frane. Eig'. 4 is a. plan shcwine a nicdiiiedic-rm which the invention may take and in which the complete cultivatoris composed ci two separable units or sine'le impiements. Fir. 5 is sideelevation ci the implement as eonstruetml in. Fie'. 1i, and Fir. 6 .is aree/r elevation of one oi" the single limplements which are used toi'orm the cuitivator shown in Fig: 1.

Referring' more particularly io the parts, and especiliy to Figs. 1 to3, 1 represents the. pole ci the impienent, which is nitteheil to theaxle-'tranne er :vh '.2 by nie-ms ci a suitable clip cr bracket 3. Therear portion ci the pole extends beyond the axle 'frame or arch 2 andcarries a seat Li 'for the driver 0i ihe implement. The construction cithe arch or axle-frame 2 is very clearly Shown in Fig'. 3. It iscomprised ci two angle-'frames iniviin,r lic-rizontal arms 5, whichoverlap and which are provided with alining ifpenings 7, in whichremovable bolts S may be passed, which enable the angle-'frames to besecurely attached together. These angle-frames are formed with verticalarms 9, which project downwardly, and to these arms wheelblzieiieis 10`are attached by means oi removable bolts 11, and these wheel-brackets 10and the arms 9 are -formed with alining' openings 12 similar 'to theopenings 7.

At their lower extremities the wheelbracliets 1() are Vformed withoutwardly-projeeting arms or spindles 13, which receive the wheels 11 oithe implement. The 'i'iaine or arch 2 is attached to the pole at a pointsubstantially midway between the vertical arms S). By means oit thealiningopenings 7 the width o'iE the arch oriirame 2 maybe adjusted.This is accomplished by moving the bolts S and extending the parts withrespect to each other7 so that a new set of openings are brought intoalinement. The bolts are then replaced and hold the frame in a more orless extended condition. The height of the arch or irame may also beadjusted in a similar manner by means oi the openings 12, reierred to inconnection with the wheel-brackets and the vertical arms E). I providediagonal braces or tie-rods 15, which connect the wheel brackets 1()with the pole 1. These braces are attached by a swivel or eye connection15L with their corresponding brackets and at their forward or upperextremities are attached to eye-plates 16, which eye-plates are adaptedto be attached in adiustablc relation by means oi: a through-bolt 17,which may occupy any one oi a plurality of openings 1S, which extendtransversely through the pole, as shown. On the rear extremity oi" thepole 1 a pair oi" oppositoly-proiecting hooks il) are provided, thepurpose of which will appear more iully hereinafter.

'E rom the lower roar portions of the brackets 10 staples 2() projectrearwardly. To these staples the beams 21 are attached by means oiclevises 22, as shown. At or near their middle portions the beams 21 areprovided with cross-heads 23, which are pivotally attached to the beamsat their middle IOO points by suitable bolts 24, as indicated. At theouter extremity of the cross-heads 23 shovel-bars or hoe-bars 25 areattached. The bodies of these hoe-bars are disposed parallel with thebeams 21, as shown; but the rear extremities are offset outwardly toform rear extensions 26 andare curved downwardly, so as to receiveshovels or hoes 27, respectively, as shown. To the rear portion of eachof the beams 21 a locking-segment 28 is attached by a suitablepivot-bolt 29. rlhis segment is provided with a crossbar, as shown, theextremities whereof are pivotally attached to brackets 30, carried,respectively, by the rear extensions 26 of the hoe-bars. Theselocking-segments are formed on their rear sides each with acircumferentially-disposed rim 31, and these rims have teeth adapted tobe engaged by a latch 32, the said latches being pivoted upon suitablebolts 83, disposed at the rear extremities of the beams, respectively,as shown. The forward portions of each of these latches is formed into atoe adapted to engage the teeth, as will be readily understood, whilethe rear portion is formed into a plate adapted to be depressed torelease the toe. From this arrangement it should be understood that ifthe cross-heads 23 occupy an inclined position, such as that shown inFig. 2, the left-hand hoe carried by the lefthand beam will be disposedrearwardly with respect to the other hoe carried by this beam, and acorresponding arrangement will obtain on the opposite side of theimplement. lf, however, the cross-heads 23 are thrown into a reversedposition, an opposite arrangement will result. In addition to these twopossible arrangements it should be understood that the cross-heads maybe arranged so that their longitudinal axes extend at right angles tothe pole. With this arrangement the hoes 27 will be in alinement andabreast of each other. Furthermore, one of the crossheads 23 may bepermitted to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, while the opposite oneis thrown into a reverse position. vWith this arrangement a symmetricalarrangement of the hoes will result, symmetrical with re- Spect to thepole or longituidnal axis of the ,mplement lThus suppose that the right-1hand cross-head is thrown into a position reverse from that shown inthe figure, then the inner hoe-bar, carried by the right-hand beam, willbe thrown into an advance posi tion lying opposite to the inner hoe-barof the opposite' beam, while the upper hoe-bar of the right-hand beamwill move rearwardly, so as to lie abreast of the outer hoe-bar of theopposite beam. ln this way any desired relation of the hoes may beproduced.

In order to give the cross-heads 23 greater strength, they arepreferably formed of two flat bars 23FL and 23h. The bars 23aL rest uponthe upper side of the beam, while the bars 23b ceases rest upon theunder side of the beam. lf it is desired to adjust the plow so as tochange the distance between the beams 21, this may evidently beaccomplished by extending the axle frame or arch in the manner describedabove.

At a suitable point on the beams 21 l attach handles 34, which operateas foot-rests for the driver and which also enable the plows to be heldin an elevated position when the implement is being driven to or fromthe field. ln this connection it should be understood that when it isdesired to hold the beams in an elevated position such as that suggestedthe handles 34 are hooked over the hooks 19.

ln order to enable draft-animals to be conveniently attached, l providea draft-bar 35, which is attached to the pole 1 forwardly of the arch,as shown. The outer extremities of this draft-bar inclined downwardlyand are provided with a plurality of openings 36, which facilitate theadjustable attachment of swir l The lower extremities of the Yietrees37. draft-bars 35 anJ connected, respectively, by chains 3S with thewheel-brackets 10, as indicated mest clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.11

ln Figs. 4to (i l illustrate a modified form which consists of twosingle cultivators 39 and 40, which are similar in construction. Each ofthese cultivators comprises a beam 4], upon which a cross-head 42 ismounted, carrying hoe-bars 43 and hoes 44, the mountings upon the beamsbeing substantially similar to those described in connection with thepreferred form-that is, the rear portiens of the hoe-bars are connectedby locking-segments 45, which enable the hoes to be locked in anydesired relation. However, the separate cultivators in this instance arenot provided with the handles 34, referred to in connection ,with thepreferred form. Each beam is, however, provided with per manent handles45, which are pivotally attached at their forward extremities to abracket 47, which projects upwardly from the middle portion of the beam,as shown. These handles are supported upon uprights or standards 48,which standards are attached to the rear portion of the beam, as in-Ydicated. The upper portions of these standards are provided with aplurality of openings 49, which enable the handles to beadjustablyattached at any desired height, as will be readily 1understood. The twocultil vators are connected by an extensible frame 50, which consists oftwo overlapping bars 51, having alining openings 52, through whichremovable bolts 53 are received, as shown. At the outer extremities ofthe bars 51 are ,rearwardly-disposed inclined extensions or IOO IOS

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carries swingletrees 57. Evidently by re moving the bolts 53 the bars 5let the extension-iframe may be attached in adjusted positions, so as togive the extension-trame a greater or less Width, it desired. Words, thedistance between the beams l1 may be altered. 'Vhen the extension-trame5() is disconnected, evidently the cultivators 39 and 40 may be usedseparately. ,ln order to enable a draft-animal to be attached thereto, Iprovide each of the beams nl1 with a draft-bar 5S, which draft-bar hasan inclined extension which is attached to the pivot-bolt 59 et thecross-head and has a foward extension G() bent to lorm bitchingeyes 61and having its extremity termed into a hook 62, which is r' as shown.The i et ee may be attached to either of the eyes (il, so that the draltanimal or animals may be removed more or less laterally l'rom the axiseli the beam, as desired. Evidently with this 'torni of the inventionall ol' tl e adjustments o'l' the hoes described in connection with thepreferred form are possible.

l/Vith both 'forms ol the implement it should be understood that as theycath upon the locking-segments are continuous the hoes may be arrangedin any relation intermediate or between those sp ecilically describedabove.

Having thus described my invention, .l claim as `new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. In an implement o'lE the class described, incombination, an extension-franie having transverse overlapping bars withalining ln other j 'nccted with said hoe-bars and allording openingstherein, bolts adjustably attaching said bars, beams attached to saidl'rame, cross-heads pivotally mounted on said beams, hoe-bars carried bysaid cross-heads and carrying hoes, and locking-segments conmeans forlocking the said hoe-bars in adusted relations.

2. In an implement el' the class described, in combination, a beam, across-head pivotally mounted thereupon, hoe-bars pivotally attached tosaid cross-head, a locking-segment pivotally attached to said hoc-barsand having circumlerentially-disposed teeth, and a latcL adapted toengage. said teeth.

3. In an implement ol" the class described, in combination, atransverselyextensible l'rame, beams attached to the rear side thereol,cross-heads pivotally attached to said beams, locking-segments pivotallyattached to said beams 'rearwardly el said cross-heads, said segmentshaving circumlerentially-dispose l teeth, and cross-bars, saidcross-bars being disposed parallel respectively with said cross-heads,hoe-bars pivotally attached to the extremities o'll said cross-heads andsaid cross-bars, hoes carried thereby, and locking means mounted on saidbeams and engaging said teeth to lock said segments.

,ln testimony \\'hereo;t l have signed my name to this speci'lication inthe presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

VHILL-XM T. GEORGE. Witnesses:

B. E. HOLMAN, J. lV. HOLVAN.

